All-time weather records — La Crosse, KS

Record high
116.1°F
July 13, 1934
Record low
-24.0°F
February 8, 1933
Wettest day
8.05 in
August 13, 1927

Climate change signal in La Crosse

3.3%

of La Crosse's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (12 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1920s
21
43
1930s
95
34
1940s
33
46
1950s
45
36
1960s
27
35
1970s
21
38
1980s
43
42
1990s
34
28
2000s
20
31
2010s
27
33

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1923, the latest in 2017. Period of observation: 1923-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 28, 2015 -23.1°F — Jan 4, 1947 1.50 in — Jan 30, 1994
February 90.0°F — Feb 19, 2016 -24.0°F — Feb 8, 1933 2.29 in — Feb 27, 1948
March 95.0°F — Mar 31, 1946 -23.1°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.76 in — Mar 24, 1957
April 102.9°F — Apr 23, 1989 6.1°F — Apr 6, 1936 3.33 in — Apr 14, 1987
May 107.1°F — May 23, 1939 21.0°F — May 14, 1953 3.72 in — May 26, 2008
June 113.0°F — Jun 28, 2012 36.0°F — Jun 7, 1998 4.17 in — Jun 15, 2004
July 116.1°F — Jul 13, 1934 43.0°F — Jul 3, 1924 3.75 in — Jul 21, 1990
August 115.0°F — Aug 12, 1936 39.0°F — Aug 24, 1928 8.05 in — Aug 13, 1927
September 111.9°F — Sep 3, 1947 23.0°F — Sep 23, 1983 3.42 in — Sep 21, 1959
October 100.0°F — Oct 5, 1947 12.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.03 in — Oct 2, 1950
November 93.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 -9.0°F — Nov 22, 1929 2.80 in — Nov 15, 1996
December 82.9°F — Dec 6, 1939 -24.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.69 in — Dec 15, 1984

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